Biozin Holding AS receives Shell support for biocrude production project in Norway
Type of post: NEWS.
Biozin Holding AS
has entered into an agreement with Shell
for financial support of their ongoing work to build a full-scale biocrude
production facility in Norway. Biozin Holding AS is a Norwegian company
currently owned by Biozin AS (78.7%), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bergene Holm AS, and Preem AB (21.3%). It was
established to produce renewable fuels from sawmills and forestry residues.
Press release: “Biozin Holding AS receives Shell support for
bio-oil project in Åmli, Norway”, 6/12/2019.
Figure 1. Biozin
Holding AS receives Shell support for biocrude production facility in Norway
The funding will support ongoing activities as
part of the pre-engineering phase of the project. During this phase, Biozin
Holding AS will further develop the basis for its final investment decision, as
well as the contract for the detailed engineering, procurement and construction
(EPC) of the production facility.
Location
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Åmli (Agder
county, Norway).
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Feedstock
and processing capacity
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Woody
feedstock, such as forestry residues and by-products from the sawmill
industry.
1,000 dry
tons of biomass per day.
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Product
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Advanced
second-generation crude bio-oil, Biozin®.
Bio-oil
can then be refined, blended and distributed as a clean fuel.
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Technology
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Shell’s
IH2®.
IH²
(Integrated Hydropyrolysis and Hydroconversion) technology is a continuous
catalytic thermochemical process estimated to provide a cost-effective route,
from a broad spectrum of organic wastes to fungible liquid hydrocarbon
transportation fuels.
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